Essay Writing Guide Quotes

“Rules are there for a reason. You are only allowed to break them if you are a master. If
you’re not a master, don’t confuse your ignorance with creativity or style.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, Essay Writing Guide

“Finished beats perfect.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 10 Step Guide to Clearer Thinking Through Essay Writing

“So, if you are respectful of the rule, and conscious of its importance, and
realize that it serves as a bulwark against the chaos of the unknown, and you still decide to
break it, carefully, because the particularities of the circumstances demand it – well, then,
more power to you. If you are just a careless, ignorant, antisocial narcissist instead,
however, then look out. You break a rule at your peril, whether you know it or not.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, Essay Writing Guide

“You have very little right to break the rules, until you have mastered them.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, Essay Writing Guide

“When you remember something, you simplify it, while retaining most of what is important. Thus, your memory can serve as a filter, removing what is useless and preserving and organizing what is vital. [Reconstructing and writing down your argument from memory] is distilling to its essence.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 10 Step Guide to Clearer Thinking Through Essay Writing

“When you remember something, you simplify it, while retaining most of what is important. Thus, your memory can serve as a filter, removing what is useless and preserving and organizing what is vital.

[Reconstructing and writing down your argument from memory] is distilling to its essence.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 10 Step Guide to Clearer Thinking Through Essay Writing

“You should strive for brevity, which is concise and efficient expression, as well as beauty, which is the melodic or poetic aspect of your language. [...]

That state of mind is partly aesthetic. You have to be trying to produce something of worth, beauty and elegance. Do you plan to settle for ugly and uncouth? Do you want to destroy, instead of build?”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 10 Step Guide to Clearer Thinking Through Essay Writing

“Considerations of Aesthetics and Fascination:
You should strive for brevity, which is concise and efficient expression, as well as beauty, which is the melodic or poetic aspect of your language (at all the requisite levels of analysis). Finally, you should not be bored, or boring. If you are bored while writing, then, most importantly, you are doing it wrong, and you will bore your reader.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 10 Step Guide to Clearer Thinking Through Essay Writing